419 scam: "EURO MILLION INTL"<euro-loterias@s399697345.mialojamiento.es> Immediate Process of Your Claim

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +34603276748 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- e.intl@europe.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "EURO MILLION INTL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <service.euro-millio.n@consultant.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:58:24 +0200
Subject: Immediate Process of Your Claim

EURO MILLION INTL.

Attn Winner!!

Congratulations.

This is to notify you that this e-mail address was entered during the National E-mail selection Draw and has won successfully in our EURO MILLION E-mail LOTTERY INTL Award the sum of 700, 000.00 Euros (Seven hundred Thousand Euros).

The on-line caber draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 50,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the Internet, no tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of 10 winners in the category. With the following winning information: You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Euros 700,000.00 (Seven hundred Thousand Euros).

REF No: 9420X2/68
BATCH No: 074/05/ZY369
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: S/N-00168
LUCKY No: 087-13-856-37-10-83

For claim please contact the below company for immediate process of your claim; EURO MILLION INTL.
Office Contact: e.intl@europe.com
Tel: +34 603-276-748.
Claim Director: Mr. Miguel Clavier

Remember to quote these numbers below for verification by the company. Winning references for more information’s and claim. You should include Your Name, Address, Sex, Age, Occupation, Nationality, and Phone Number.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Cathy Hevia
Public Relation Officer
EURO MILLION INTL.

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